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📋 My arrival checklist
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🛂 Admin & taxes
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Apply for a TFN (tax file number) — required to work
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Lodge your tax return with the ATO by end of fiscal year (30 June)
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Get your driving licence translated to English (NAATI) or check whether you need to transfer to an Australian licence — this varies by state, confirm locally
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Take out WHV travel/health insurance
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🏦 Bank & Super
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Open a bank account (NAB, CommBank, Westpac, ANZ…)
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Pick a Super fund and give the number to your employer
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Register for Medicare (depending on your home country)
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📶 SIM & phone
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Get a SIM (Telstra = best rural coverage, Optus, amaysim…)
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Pick a plan with enough data for isolated roads
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🏠 Housing
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Find your first place (hostels, Facebook groups)
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Understand sharehouse living
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🌾 Work & visa
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Understand hourly pay vs piece rate
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Keep payslips and contracts for the 88 days
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Check your farm is in an eligible area (postcode)
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Get an ABN if you're paid piece rate / as a contractor
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Get your RSA (Responsible Service of Alcohol) if you want to work in hospitality
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Get your White Card if you want to work in construction
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Get your Working With Children Check if you want to be an au pair/nanny
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🏥 Health
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Know 000 (emergencies) and the nearest pharmacy
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Sunscreen, hat, water — the Australian sun is brutal
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🚐 Van & road
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Get your van roadworthied
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Map the fuel stations on your route (sometimes 100+ km apart)
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Register the vehicle in your name (rego)
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Take out vehicle insurance (CTP compulsory + third-party/comprehensive recommended)
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